International Observatory of Lawyers in Danger
COLOMBIA: Colombia: Lawyer Sebastián Escobar threatened again in the course of his work
Turkey: Lawyer Aytac Unsal imprisoned at the risk of his health: sign the petition!
RUSSIA: Lawyer Mansur Gilmanov assaulted and arbitrarily detained.
RUSSIA: Lawyer Mikhail Benyash sentenced for a publication on social networks.
LIBYA: Lawyer and women’s rights defender Hanane Al-Barassi murdered in Benghazi
TURKEY: Last hearing for human rights lawyer Levent Pişkin
HONG KONG : Arrest of US lawyer John Clancey
Cameroon: Assault of a lawyer by police officers in Yaoundé
BANGLADESH: Human rights lawyer Shahanur Islam assaulted in court.
PAKISTAN: Lawyer Muhib Azad Laghari missing.
HAITI: Assassinated Monferrier Dorval, President of the Port au Prince Bar Association.
TURKEY: Death of lawyer Ebru Timtik after 238 days on hunger strike for the simple demand of a fair trial.
THAILAND: Lawyer Anon Nampa arrested in Bangkok.
TURKEY: Taner Kiliç, lawyer and former president of amnesty international Turkey sentenced to 6 years and 3 months in prison.
GUATEMALA: The Lawyer Esteban Celada is at risk.
NICARAGUA: The OIAD calls for measures to ensure due process and the personal safety of Julio A. Montenegro.
IRAN: Lawyer Soheila Hejab violently arrested as she exits court.
PAKISTAN: Saïf ul-Malook, lawyer of the Christian couple sentenced to death for blasphemy.
SRI LANKA: Arrest and arbitrary detention of prominent lawyer Hejaaz Hizbullah.
CHINA: Disciplinary sanction against lawyer Lu Siwei for defending a lawyer.
EGYPT: Lawyer Mohsen Bahnasi, arrested and arbitrarily detained despite risks of contracting COVID-19.
CHINA: Release of lawyer Wang Quanzhang!
ZAMBIA: Practice ban against Zambian lawyer John Sangwa.
TANZANIA: Fatma Karume suspended indefinitely by the High Court of Tanzania.
AZERBAIJAN: Condemned by the ECHR for violation of the right to a fair trial.
EGYPT: Lawyer Zyad El-Elaimy sentenced to one year in prison.
COLOMBIA: Adil Meléndez Márquez, human rights lawyer facing threats.
UNITED STATES: Lawyer Steven Donziger under house arrest since August 2019.
COLOMBIE: Gerardo Vega Medina, avocat des droits de l’homme menacé.
PAKISTAN: Abduction of lawyer and human rights defender, Mr. Shafiq Ahmed.
KAZAKHSTAN: Search of the Belgian and Kazakh Authorities at the home of the refugee lawyer Botagoz Jardemalie.
MEXICO: Arnulfo Cerón Soriano, Mexican lawyer and human rights defender found murdered.
GABON: French-Gabonese lawyer Anges-Kévin Nzigou victim of an attempted kidnapping.
SRI LANKA: Lawyer Kumaravadivel Guruparan, prevented from practicing his profession at the request of the Sri Lankan army.
PHILIPPINES: Lawyer and human rights defender Ben Ramos murdered a year ago.
EGYPT: Arrest of lawyer and human rights defender Amr Imam.
EGYPT: Threats and attacks against human rights lawyer Gamal Eid.
EGYPT: Arrest of lawyer and human rights activist Mahienour El-Massry.
NETHERLANDS: Assassination of the Dutch lawyer Derk Wiersum.
NICARAGUA: Detained incommunicado for 52 hours the lawyer María Oviedo.
SINGAPORE: Persecutions against the lawyer Ravi Madasamy, engaged in the defence of Malaysian death row inmates.
UGANDA: Lawyer Patrick Mugisha arrested at his workplace without an arrest warrant, missing for 5 days.
GUATEMALA: Lawyer Quelvin Jiménez threatened for his work to promote indigenous rights.
KAZAKHSTAN: Lawyer Sergey Sizintsev disbarred on request of the Ministry of Justice.
TURKEY: 7 people, including 4 lawyers, imprisoned in Istanbul after searching their offices.
TURKEY: Judicial harassment against Eren Keskin continues.
UNITED KINGDOM: Turkey requests extradition of British lawyer Özca Keleş.
ALGERIA: Lawyer Salah Dabouz under judicial harassment.
IRAN: Lawyer Mohammad Najafi who was detained several times, is arrested again 4 days after his release.
TURKEY: Lawyer Can Atalay risks lifelong imprisonment + 2.970 years.
IRAN: Human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, detained.
CHINA: Lawyer Jiang Tianyong disappears when released from jail, then reappears but still under police control.
IRAN: Lawyer Amir Salar Davoodi sentenced to 30 years in prison and 111 lashes.
EGYPT: Authorities deny the operation he needs to survive, arbitrarily imprisoned, lawyer Massoum Marzouk.
UKRAINE: Crimean lawyer Emil Kurbedinov, threatened of disbarment.
UKRAINE: Killing of lawyer Iryna Nozdrovska.